Now that is what I call a bargain. Europeans do not only have to wait longer for the Playstation 3 to hit the shelves they also get a crippled PS3 that has reduced backwards compatibility. And the best of all ? They pay even more for the package. I was not sure what to make of the story that Everton posted today on his connected internet blog, he missed to cite a source for his story entitled: “Playstation 3 To Have Less Backwards Compatibility in Europe” and I immediately performed a search to find out what was going on.

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I always wondered why Microsoft and Sony added hard drives with such low capacities to their gaming systems. HD Movies, game trailers for instance, use so much space that the hard drive will sooner or later be filled to the rim with the only solution to delete files to free up space. Someone on myspace posted a solution on how to add at least one 3,5″ SATA drive to your Playstation 3. The 3,5″ will not fit into the PS3 obviously because it is using a 2,5″ internally.

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I don’t know why Sony is so obsessed with Linux, it just does not feel right but I really can’t find a good motive for the support - yet. Some guy apparently installed Linux Fedora Core on his Playstation 3 and dumped everything that he could get his hands on. He was able to dump a complete game disc to his external usb hard drive that he connected to the PS3.

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That did not take long. Gamersreports published an article that explains how to replace the existing Playstation 3 hard drive which is either 20 Gb or 60 Gb with a bigger one. All you need is a bigger 2,5mm SATA drive which replaces the orginal hard drive. You can even use faster hard drives that run with 7200 rpm instead of 5400 rpm.

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I don’t have much time at hand before I go to sleep and decided to post a quick link-o-rama which is in my opinion better than no post at all. The reason for not updating with a second article today was the game 1701 A.D. from Sunflowers. It is a great waste of time so to speak. Let us start with some gaming news; PS3 is out, Wii is out - the next-gen is now officially this gen. Both systems have sold quite well and it seems almost impossible to buy one at the present time.

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